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• Mon 8 Apr, 2019 - Thu 11 Apr, 2019 Art History Short Courses

  

  An Introduction to Christian Iconography

  Lecturer Dr Federico Botana

  The Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Christ, prophets and saints, the Last Judgement, Paradise and Hell: these subjects have inspired artists to create some of the most outstanding works in the history of art. They…

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• Mon 8 Apr, 2019 - Thu 11 Apr, 2019 Art History Short Courses

  

  Ideas on Art: A Beginner’s Course in Art Theory, c. 1790 &#...

  Lecturer Dr Matthias Vollmer

  Philosophical theories on the nature, characteristics and function of art, and more narrowly, on beauty, have been very influential in the development of art history and in the ways we have interpreted, and sometimes also…

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• Mon 8 Apr, 2019 - Wed 10 Apr, 2019 Spring and Autumn Schools

  

  An Introduction to J. M. W. Turner: Theory and Practice

  Speaker: Nicola Moorby

  This course introduces students to the art of J.M.W. Turner through an exploration of his ground-breaking theories and techniques. Each day we shall take as our starting point a different medium – oil, watercolour and…

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• Wed 24 Apr, 2019 Professorial Lecture

  

  From invention to inventory: object lessons from the courts of France

  Speaker: Professor Susie Nash

  In the late 14th century, the kings of France and the princes of the blood constructed, commissioned,  purchased, gave, appropriated,  pawned and liquidated some of the most extraordinary and magnificent objects of the late medieval period, in a…

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• Fri 26 Apr, 2019 Alumni, Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society

  

  Friends and alumni event: Clerkenwell Architectural Walk

  Clerkenwell Guided Walk Madeline Edmead, alumna (MA 1980), will lead a guided walk starting at the former Sessions House on Clerkenwell Green and going past some of the notable buildings of the area including the…

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• Fri 26 Apr, 2019 Research Forum

  

  RES | FEST 19

  Confirmed Contributors Museum Detox, Melanie Keen, Travis Alabanza, Dean Atta , Aviva Burnstock , Rachel Ara, Charlie Craggs, Barberette, Dat Brass Soundsystem, Alice Procter, PLUS MANY MORE TBA

  RES|FEST – The Courtauld Institute of Art’s festival of art history – is back on 26 April! Join The Courtauld for a packed programme of short pop-up talks from leading figures in art historical research, culture…

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• Mon 29 Apr, 2019 Modern and Contemporary - Centre for American Art, Research Forum, Research Seminars

  

  Andrew Wyeth and the Landscape of War

  Speaker: Dr Cécile Whiting

  During World War II American artists recast the terms of landscape painting as it had been practiced in the 1930s, broadening its scope from the local to the international, and from the pastoral to the…

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• Mon 29 Apr, 2019 CRSBI annual lecture, Research Forum

  

  And let perpetual light shine on them. The Romanesque resurgence o...

  Speaker: Dr Xavier Dectot

  The history of medieval tomb sculpture usually focuses on the Gothic era. It is true that, from the 13th century onwards, there is a multiplication of the number of monuments of a very defined, nearly…

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• Tue 30 Apr, 2019 - Tue 28 May, 2019 Art History Short Courses, Evening Lecture Series

  

  Showcasing Art History – Britain ∩ Europe – Part III

  Speakers Include Monica Bohm-Duchen, Dr Ines Schlenker, Dr Niccola Shearman, Professor Sarah Wilson

  The shorter summer term investigates a particularly significant episode in the long history of British art’s relations with the Continent.  These lectures will take a close and critical look at the experiences of the émigré…

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